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Flexible Joint: Vacuum‐Powered Soft Pneumatic Twisting Actuators to Empower New Capabilities for Soft Robots (Adv. Mater. Technol. 1/2019)
Author(s) -
Jiao Zhongdong,
Ji Chen,
Zou Jun,
Yang Huayong,
Pan Min
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced materials technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.184
H-Index - 42
ISSN - 2365-709X
DOI - 10.1002/admt.201970001
Subject(s) - actuator , pneumatic actuator , joint (building) , mechanical engineering , robot , soft robotics , engineering , control engineering , materials science , computer science , structural engineering , electrical engineering , artificial intelligence
In article number 1800429 , Jun Zou, Min Pan, and co‐workers report a new soft pneumatic actuator (V‐SPTA, vacuum‐powered soft pneumatic twisting actuator) that functions like a human joint or wrist. The actuator has two degrees of freedom and offers the advantages of diverse functions, ease of manufacture, and high load capability and is cost efficient.